Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole
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This Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole is simple to make and delicious to eat. Made with chicken, ham, and cheese it makes a delicious sauce that goes perfectly over rice. It also freezes well and makes great leftovers.
Why We Love it
Mister Tipsy and I are huge fans of Chicken Cordon Bleu but it is difficult and time consuming to make.
As kids we both loved the little frozen ones as an after school snack. We recently tried them again but they just don’t taste the same.
Whether that’s a change in ingredients or the growth of our taste, who could say?
You also rarely, if ever, see Chicken Cordon Bleu on restaurant menus. That’s why I came up with this recipe for Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole out of convenience and to cure our craving for this classic recipe.
This Chicken Cordon Bleu recipe uses simple ingredients and has a delicious crispy topping made with Ritz Crackers and butter. I prepared this for Sunday dinner and I went to take a picture of the finished dish.
By the time I came back, Mister was on his second plate and later proceeded to stand at the stove and eat right out of the casserole dish.
Thank god it is just the two of us at home!
Super Easy To Make
I think you will find this recipe super easy to make.
This is a great make-ahead meal. It’s also a great dish to take to someone if you are a part of a meal train because the ingredients are all cooked it can easily be frozen.
I make my rice on the side for this dish but you can also add cooked rice to the bottom layer of the casserole. Personally I like to keep the rice on the side because I find that the rice soaks up a lot of the delicious sauce.
You can choose which way you prefer to serve this Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole. There is a full, printable recipe at the end of this post with the exact ingredient measurements and instructions but here’s what you’ll need, generally, so you can know if you need to pop out to the market to get anything:
- Chicken breasts
- 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup
- Milk
- Butter
- Poultry seasoning
- Rice
- Deli ham, sliced thin
- Swiss cheese
- Ritz crackers
- Salt and Pepper
- Chives (optional)
- Dried parsley
I found all the ingredients for this recipe at Aldi and they cost me about twenty dollars.
The recipe would easily feed six people with leftovers, which is fortunate because this Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole also reheats well. I recommend making the full recipe even if it is just for one or two people because you will want to have leftovers and you can always freeze any extras.
The steps to make this Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole are simple. It takes a few extra minutes to assemble but it is worth it.
All together from prep to cook time it was about one hour. You can also make this recipe ahead of time and let it sit in your fridge for a day or so before baking.
The full instructions for making the dish are in the recipe card, but I have some pictures that will help guide you, if needed.
This Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole was the perfect flavor to cure our craving and we also loved all the textures of the buttery rice, creamy chicken and ham, and crunchy Ritz crackers.
I also love the chives but you can use green onions if you prefer. You can make this recipe in your crock pot as well, just make the rice on the side.
I have brought this casserole to many pot lucks and it is always a huge hit. Kids love it too!
I hope you make this recipe and love it as much as we do. I have a feeling that if you make this Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole it is going to become a regular part of your meal plan.
As always, thanks for reading and happy eating!
Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole
This chicken cordon bleu casserole is simple to make and delicious to eat. Made with chicken, ham and cheese it makes a delcious sauce that goes perfectly over rice. This also freezes well and makes great leftovers.
Ingredients
- 2lbs of chicken breast cut into bite size pieces
- 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup
- 3/4 c of milk
- 1 stick of butter
- 2 teaspoons of poultry seasoning (or more to taste)
- 2 C of cooked rice
- 1/2 pound of deli ham, sliced thin
- 1/2 pound of swiss cheese
- 1 sleeve of ritz crackers
- salt and pepper
- 1/4 c of chives, sliced thin (option)
- dried parsley
Instructions
- Add some butter to a skillet and cook your chicken until it is cooked through. While you cook the chicken, add salt and pepper and one teaspoon of the poultry seasoning.
- I butter the bottom and sides of a casserole dish and add the cooked chicken,
- Next, dice your deli ham into bite sized pieces and incorporate into the chicken.
- Take your two cans of soup and add the milk, some salt and pepper, some dried parsley and the poultry seasoning that's left and whisk until it is smooth.
- Pour the soup mixture over the chicken and make sure it is covering the whole casserole.
- In the same pan as you cooked the chicken, add a little more butter, crumble up your ritz cracker and toss in the butter until the crackers are slightly browned.
- Take your swiss cheese and layer it over the entire top of the casserole, you may have some overlap.
- Top the whole casserole with the browned crackers and some dried parsley.
- Bake, uncovered at 375 degrees for about 35 minutes, everything is cooked so you just need the cheese and sauce to be bubbly .
- If you notice that your crackers are getting too browned during cooking you can cover loosely with foil.
- Make your rice on the side add the rest of the butter to the cooked rice.
- Serve your casserole on top of the rice and sprinkle with the chives.
Love, Tipsy
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